Eldest Quotes

55 quotes by 51 authors

As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference… — John Henrik Clarke
I was the eldest daughter with these four beautiful younger sisters with ringlets and pretty faces, and I used to dress them up in Victorian… — Sadie Frost
Botany, the eldest daughter of medicine. — Johann Hermann Baas
It has always touched my heart to sense so deeply how much the Father loved His eldest son. — Robert D. Hales
Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist,… — John Milton
Self-defense is Nature's eldest law. — John Dryden
My life certainly hasn't been ordinary: different is the word. It hasn't always been stable - except in the important things which are love and… — River Phoenix
My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a… — Gary Lineker
My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves,… — John Hume
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a kid, my sister,… — Maurice Sendak
[The answer to that, warns Saddam's eldest son, is no.] If they come, ... Sept. 11, which they are crying over and see as a… — Uday Hussein
It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who receive no inheritance… — Alasdair MacIntyre
The darkest period of my life, so far, arrived the summer I was pregnant with my eldest son. The future was growing in me with… — Lauren Groff
Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior's] speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I seen" ever escaped… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is… — David Oyelowo
I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what… — Mahatma Gandhi
Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under… — Chris O'Dowd
My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad. — Mike McGavick
The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me… — Peter Zumthor
Books are like brothers. I am an only child. Gatsby [is] my imaginary eldest brother. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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